What is the monthly poem?
Each month, there will be a poem to memorize and recite to the class. The main purpose of this
activity is to develop verbal and memorization skills, while also building responsibility and time
management skills. Overall, I will be looking for fluency, expression, volume, and confidence.
What should I do when I am ready to recite the poem?
Stand poised and confident and state the title of the poem.
Recite the entire poem in a fluent, expressive manner.
Monthly Poem should be recited the week of 3/30/12
(1st Grade)
The Lively Leprechaun
By: Betsy Franco
I caught a lively leprechaun
With stubble on his face.
He promised loads of buried gold
And led me to the place.
But when I let him loose to dig,
He leaped and led a chase.
That lively laughing leprechaun
Had left without a trace!
(2nd Grade)
Wearing of the Green
By Aileen Fisher
It ought to come in April,
Or better yet in May
When everything is green as green
I mean St. Patrick’s Day.
With still a week of winter,
This wearing of the green
Seems rather out of season
It’s rushing things, I mean.
But maybe March is better
When all is done and said;
St. Patrick brings a promise,
A green all over promise
Of springtime just ahead.
(3rd Grade)
Spring Will Be Pretty
By Dave Crawley
Spring will be pretty. Just give it a week,
When flowers are blooming down by the creek.
Bees will be buzzing as trees start to bud,
But for the moment I'm covered with mud.
Snow has been melting, since winter is through,
Replacing the whiteness with puddles of goo.
I stepped off the sidewalk and into the ooze.
Next thing I knew, I stepped out of my shoes!
Mud on my ankles and mud on my clothes.
I stumbled face-first and got mud up my nose.
Spring will be pretty, but I must confess,
The first days of spring are a muckety mess!